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Question
Write short note on organ-specific and tissue-specific manifestations of disease.
Solution
Organ-specific manifestation of a disease:
It refers to those types of diseases in which the pathogen infects a specific organ of an individual.
Example: In tuberculosis, the lungs of an individual are targeted.
Tissue-specific manifestation of a disease:
It refers to those types of diseases in which the pathogen infects a specific tissue of an individual.
Example: The HIV virus targets the tissue and cells of an individual, thereby decreasing the immunity.
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